Dyfri Williams

Dyfri JR Williams (born February 8, 1952 ) is a British classical archaeologist .

Williams studied at Oxford University , where he received his PhD in 1978 with The Antiphon Painter and his Followers . Since 1979 he has worked at the antiquities department of the British Museum , from 1993 to 2007 he was its director as Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities . He has been Research Keeper there since December 2007 .

His main areas of research are Attic vase painting , Greek goldsmithing and questions about the history of collections.

Williams is a Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London .

Publications (selection)

• Greek Vases , London 1985
• Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum , British Museum Fascicule IX: The Late Archaic Red-Figured Cups , London 1993, ISBN 0-7141-2201-7
• with Jack Ogden: Greek Gold. Jewelery of the Classical World , London 1994, ISBN 0-7141-2205-X , ISBN 0-7141-2202-5
• The Warren Cup , London 2006, ISBN 978-0-7141-2260-1
• Masterpieces of Classical Art , London 2009, ISBN 978-0-7141-2254-0

Web links

• Dyfri Williams at the British Museum